KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 29, 2009): Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz says he is against the proposal for single stream school system as "we cannot force other (non-Malay) races to sacrifice their characteristics and become Malays (Malaynised)".

What is more, he said, the 1Malaysia concept allows the non-Malays to use and preserve their languages.

"What we want is a united people and country, not forcing all races to become Malays (Malaynised).

"Chinese and Tamil primary schools can continue to to exist, as long as these schools teach Bahasa Malaysia as it is the national language with which (Malaysians of) various races communicate and interact with one another to promote unity."

Nazri, who is currently overseas, told Sin Chew Daily that Chinese and Tamil schools are not meant for only the Chinese and Indians respectively, the Malays can also enter these schools.

Malay parents should encourage their children to study in Chinese schools to learn an additional language, he said.

"To acquire another language, be it Chinese, Tamil, Arabic, Japanese etc is to gain an advantage.

"I am now in Chengdu, China, and because I don't speak Mandarin I feel I am at a disadvantage.

"We should regard language as a subject and there are benefits to gain from learning additional languages. Education should not be racialised."

On writer/poet Eddin Khoo's remark that he missed the chance to learn Chinese because his father, historian Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Khoo Kay Kim who raised the ire of many with his single stream school remark recently, was too patriotic, Nazri said such thinking be discarded.

Nazri said the government cannot compel all the races to learn only Bahasa Malaysia, forcing the non-Malays to give up their own languages.

"Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country where the various races enjoy the right to learn their own languages. Multi-culture and multi-lingual are the strong points of Malaysia, something which cannot be denied," he added.

Yo Bingai dude......the Current National Stream based on our National Language already provides for the learning of Mandarin and Tamil as a Language Subject.......

Does learning a Language requires the complete learning of other Subjects in the said language...kalu gitu if my son wanna learn Russian he has to learn in Russian Sekolah Rendah ka?

Why don't you fucking stay in Chengdu and learn Mandarin....come back and try for tahun depan punye bingai of the year award Mandarin version

Happy Belated XMas folks...sorry could not wish you all earlier...was on the road with no connectivity......

If you are wondering what my new year resolution is....

I have a grand plan to curi one of our Petronas Twin Towers...have not decided which one yet but i kinda prefer the left one .........i've assembled an army of bomoh jawa and bomoh siam which will put David Copperfield's act to shame.......after we curi this twin tower we will try to enter into an exclusive contract to provide spare parts for the surviving twin tower....sweet eh....that the best part of stealing one of a kind thinggy.......

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Why is he still PM?

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